CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: 04/17/13

WELCOME TO THE CFZ BLOG NETWORK: COME AND JOIN THE FUN

Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

BIGFOOT FORUMS: Source Comes Forward

John Weeast writes: Steven Streufert has released a statement from the source of the conversation in my previous article "Did Bigfoot Once Have Wings?"

Read on...

KARL SHUKER - IN MEMORIAM: MY EULOGY TO MY DEAR MOTHER, MARY DOREEN SHUKER, 29 JANUARY 1921 - 1 APRIL 2013

In memory of my dear mother, Mary Doreen Shuker (January 29 1921-April 1 2013)

Whatever good there may be in me came from you.

Thank you for blessing my life by being in it as my mother.

You were, are, and always will be quite simply the best person I shall ever know,

and I love you with all of my heart.

God bless you, little Mom,

please wait for me,

watch over me in this lonely existence of mine now,

and come for me when my time here is over.

Au revoir, Mom, until we meet again.

Read on...

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN GOES TIGER HUNTING

Last night Mother and I watched 'Bird on a Wire', Tony Palmer's legendary documentary of the 1972 Leonard Cohen tour. It was as good as I had been led to believe, and we cannot recommend it highly enough. The night before we watched 'The Hobbit'. Mother is certainly getting some diverse cultural influences during her stay with us...

Our daily visit to the world of Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_17.html

Today's Gonzo Track of the Day is from David Bedford
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/cthe-odyssey-live-david-bedford.html

An excellent Martin Stephenson article
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/daintees-martin-stephenson-performs-at.html

A preview of the new Flaming Lips album
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/goodness-me-i-love-this-band.html

Steve Howe talks about the latest tour
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/guitarist-steve-howe-says-yes-to_17.html

Who the hell is Mr Averell?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/who-hell-is-mt-averell.html

* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...

* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html

* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!

* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and a not very small orange kitten (who isn't) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cats?

DALE DRINNON: An archive of pdfs from Scott Mardis, baby plesiosaur, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs

New at Frontiers of Zoology:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-baby-plesiosaur-info-from-scott.html

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/04/scott-mardis-pdf-files.html

New at Frontiers of Anthropology:

http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/04/solutreans-clovis-and-ancient-american.html

New at Benny's blog for Thelma Todd:

http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/04/thelma-todds-high-school-photo.html

New at Benny's other blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:

http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2013/04/tax-time-again-jack.html

Best Wishes, Dale D.

SOME WORDS FROM PETE TOWNSHEND TAKEN GLORIOUSLY OUT OF CONTEXT

We're not gonna take it
Never did and never will
Don't want no religion
And as far as we can tell
We ain't gonna take you
Never did and never will
We're not gonna take you
We forsake you
Gonna rape you
Let's forget you better still.